This edition of Futureminds has contributions about the future of D&T, novel project ideas, plastic recycling, 3D printing, extraction, food and textiles.

There are also the usual updates from our work, including about our move to the new makerspace.

This is our spring 2021 edition of Futureminds. lots of interesting articles from external contributors, including:

Louise Attwood, Tony Ryan, Dr Alison Hardy, Garrett Spellman, QE Boys, The Food Teacher Centre, LearnbyLayers, Spaceguard, Flamefast, The Textiles Skills Academy, Tyler University of Texas, and the latest CLEAPSS updates.

This edition of Futureminds is a special bumper edition - we asked people to write about their vision for the future of D&T. There are almost 20 interesting and different visions.

Please get in touch if you have any views on what you read here, or if you would like to contribute to a future edition: dt@cleapss.org.uk